On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 09:07 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Willie Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me when emerge -U disappeared? > > > > I have never used it myself, but I just looked at "man emerge", and I > > don't see that option anymore. > > > > W > > I have no recollection of -U at all. I've used -DuN for years. What do > you remember what you thought -U was doing?
-U was "upgrade-only"... I think it meant it would not downgrade a package (even if a downgrade were required). My guess is that it was removed because it broke stuff lol. I never understood why it would be used anyway. It's not usual that something needs to be downgraded and when it is it's usually for good reason.
